With 3 people experiencing this bug, I'm marking it confirmed. This appears to be a result of using Twinview or Xinerama. When I drop Twinview and use just a single screen, the icons don't blend together at all.
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #133550 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133550 ** Also affects: kdebase (upstream) via http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133550 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Icons in KDE splash mashed together https://launchpad.net/bugs/43444 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs